Welcome Back, Kotter — Season 4
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About this season
Welcome Back, Kotter is an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta. Videotaped in front of a live studio audience, it originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975, to June 8, 1979.
Episodes (23)
1. The Drop-Ins (1)
Aired 25 November 1978 • 30 min
Gabe announces that he is now the vice-principal and Mr. Woodman is the principal. The Sweathogs are pleased, until Gabe gets strict. After Vinnie visits the school to tell the gang he's dropped out, the other Sweathogs decide to follow in his footsteps.
2. The Drop-Ins (2)
Aired 18 September 1978 • 30 min
With Barbarino now an ordlery at a hospital, the Sweathogs try to get jobs there, too. Meanwhile, Kotter tries to get the gang to return to school.
3. Beau's Jest
Aired 25 September 1978 • 30 min
4. Don't Come Up and See Me Sometime
Aired 11 September 1978 • 30 min
Vinnie throws the Sweathogs out of his new apartment.
5. Once Upon a Ledge
Aired 2 October 1978 • 30 min
Horshack saves a lonely, overlooked girl named Mary Johnson from commiting suicide by jumping off the ledge of the school.
6. The Sweatmobile
Aired 11 September 1978 • 30 min
The Sweathogs remember how they tried to buy a used car from Vinnie's uncle.
7. Barbarino's Boo-Boo
Aired 21 October 1978 • 30 min
When Mr. Woodman comes to Vinnie's hospital for an operation, Vinnie loses him and he and the other Sweathogs try to find him.
8. X-Rated Education
Aired 28 October 1978 • 30 min
The gang is liable to get in trouble when the x-rated film Carvelli brought into school is accidentally mixed up with a film on sexual education.
9. The Barbarino Blues
Aired 4 November 1978 • 30 min
Vinnie becomes depressed when it seems that he has lost his way with women.
10. Washington's Clone
Aired 11 November 1978 • 30 min
A younger student begins to imitate Freddie, not much to Freddie's liking.
11. Frog Day Afternoon
Aired 9 October 1978 • 30 min
After Horshack refuses to disect a frog in class, his grade is in jeopardy.
12. A Little Fright Music
Aired 2 December 1978 • 30 min
The Sweathogs opt to change Mr. Woodman's tired old school song.
13. A Winter's Coat Tail
Aired 16 December 1978 • 30 min
Vinnie is saddened when his new coat is stolen.
14. Bride and Gloom
Aired 13 January 1979 • 30 min
Juan asks Vinnie to marry his immigrant cousin.
15. Barbarino's Baby
Aired 3 February 1979 • 30 min
Vinnie is forced to deliver a baby in an elevator.
16. The Goodbye Guy
Aired 10 February 1979 • 30 min
Mr. Woodman's niece Kelly is babysitting for the Kotters when Juan drops by the apartment. The two abruptly fall in love and decide to move in together, but the romance begins to crumble when it seems that they can't respect one another's interests.
17. Come Back, Little Arnold
Aired 24 February 1979 • 30 min
To get up his nerve with Mary, Carvelli offers Arnold liquor. He doesn't like the idea at first, but as time goes on, he becomes addicted to drinking; developing a scary and unlikable new personality that only turns Mary away.
18. The Sweat Smell of Success
Aired 3 March 1979 • 30 min
Convinced that the school newspaper is too dull, Juan sets out to turn it into a tabloid, bringing down his friends' names in the process.
19. The Gang Show
Aired 17 March 1979 • 30 min
Freddie and Juan plan to do an act together for the upcoming talent contest, while Carvelli has some bribed judges up his sleeves. Arnold and Beau take over as judges, leaving Murray in the third spot.
20. Oo, Oo, I Do (1)
Aired 25 May 1979 • 30 min
Arnold's relationship with Mary gets serious. Then he finds out he has to move and leave the school. Upset, Arnold decides to propose marriage to Mary. She accepts.
21. Oo, Oo, I Do (2)
Aired 25 May 1979 • 30 min
Arnold gets upset when the other Sweathogs tease him about not being able to provide for Mary, and he vanishes. Mary finds him and convinces him not to worry, and the two get married.
22. I'm Okay, But You're Not
Aired 1 June 1979 • 30 min
Beau plays a number or pranks on Mr. Woodman.
23. The Breadwinners
Aired 8 June 1979 • 30 min
While Horshack adjusts the married life, Epstein sets up an interview for a job. Washington gets the job before Epstein, unaware that it's the same job. The two get into a fight and end up in a gym ready to box.